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Nov 6,2008
Portland Art Museum Shows Integrity
by TeachStreet
Portlanders should be proud to know that the Portland Art Museum has demonstrated its high level of integrity and transparency in regard to the art pieces that it acquires. In September the museum acquired a sculpture of Ganesha Stele that had little historical art record to track its origins with. It is not the kind of art piece you can design after taking a class or two in sculpting, so the museum is not worried about an impostor taking claim. The museum director, Brian Ferriso, said "this is all about transparency". Brian Ferriso is a member of the Association of Art Museum Directors ("AAMD") that was developed as an oversight committee for controversial matters just like these. Photo: AAMD
The purpose of the AAMD, as stated on their website, is to support its members in increasing the contribution of art museums to society.
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Nov 3,2008
15 Mashup Tools for Your Local Neighborhood
by dariusmonsef
Want a donut? Want to know if you'll need an umbrella today? Trying to avoid traffic? Want to know if it's safe for your kids to play in the front yard? We'll look a dozen-ish mashups that provide useful, helpful, interesting and fun information about the local area that you you live in. For those asking what a mashup is? The web 2.0 world spawned thousands of social networks and user contributed content sites... The same world has connected even more sites and people with the ability for developers to take the APIs from a couple different sites and mash them together to create new and interesting ways to share information and data. WalkScore | Find What's In a Walkable Distance
"Walk Score shows you a map of what is nearby and calculates a Walk Score for any property. Buying a house in a walkable neighborhood is good for your health and good for the environment." Portland rates in their top 10 cities. You can even see their directory of Portl
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"Walk Score shows you a map of what is nearby and calculates a Walk Score for any property. Buying a house in a walkable neighborhood is good for your health and good for the environment." Portland rates in their top 10 cities. You can even see their directory of Portl
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Oct 30,2008
Happy Birthday Pearlgirl!
by shooter
Yes it's true, today is pearlgirl's Birthday! So let's all wish her a very Happy Birthday! Yay! All together now: Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday dear pearlgirl Happy Birthday to you!
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Oct 27,2008
Halloween Celebrations in Portland Neighborhoods
by pearlgirl
If you're looking for a fun and festive Halloween celebration—you won't have to look far. There are events, carnivals and activities all over town. Check out this fun list of spooky happenings for adults, families and even pets in Portland neighborhoods. Southwest Portland Pumpkin Carving and Neighborhood Good Cheer October 28@ downtown Halloween Week Pub Quiz - Wednesday October 29@ Old Town Chinatown
Southeast Portland Halloween Spooktacular October 27@ Sellwood-Moreland Halloween Pub Quiz - Monday October 27@ Buckman Halloween Week Pub Quiz - Tuesday October 28@ North Tabor (formerly Center) Halloween Week Pub Quiz - Wednesday October 29@ Buckman Halloween Art Party at 100th Monkey Studio October 30@ Buckman Halloween Week Pub Quiz - Thursday October 30@ Sunnyside McMenamins Halloween- "100 Feet&qu
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Sep 30,2008
Ignite Portland 4 Submissions Open!
by shooter
Are you ready? Ignite Portland 4 going to happen on Thursday, November 13 at the Bagdad Theater , and we need your talk ideas! An Ignite talk is 20 slides that appear for 15 seconds each, for a total of 5 minutes. Use those minutes to tell a story, fix a problem, make us laugh, or cry. In short, share your burning ideas. Some past Ignite talks: How To Run A Startup And Not Lose Your Mind A Short Course On How to Ride Freight Trains Boiling Water in Five Easy Steps A History of the Stick Figure Open Source Rockets How Keeping Chickens Will Save Your Life The Complete and Utter History of the Numa Numa Dance If you want to share your passion with some of the most brilliant minds in Portland (at least, as many as we can fit into the Bagdad), here's your chance. Submit a short description of your talk idea, and a little about yourself, and you could be chosen to share that idea on stage at Ignite Portland 4. Submit a talk! We'r
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Sep 29,2008
BroadArts Visionary Salons in Portland Neighborhoods
by pearlgirl
BroadArts Theatre , Portland's award-wining, progressive musical theater company is creating Portland's future and they need your help... What? Tables are available on a sliding scale for organizations who would like to play a role in one or all of five upcoming themed, interactive community salons. The BroadArts Visionary Salons will be filled with discussions, presentations, and theatrics all working to bring together our rich community of local leaders, activists and visionaries in order to advocate for the future we want for Portland! Why? Two years ago, BroadArts received a grant from the City of Portland's VisionPDX project to involve and engage more than the 'usual suspects' in creating a thoughtful and inclusive plan for all residents. BroadArts, true to their comic, creative and innovative reputation, created an interactive, musical spoof on The Wizard of Oz called "If I Were the Queen of this Forest!" to encourage civic participation in planning the
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Sep 1,2008
Free Night of Theater Coming in October
by Veritable Vegan
Between Oct. 16 and 30, 2008, Portland will join 100 cities across the country that are participating in Free Night of Theater 2008, a program of Theatre Communications Group and local organizations such as the Portland Area Theater Alliance. Here's more from the program's Web site: "Free Night of Theater is Theatre Communications Group's exciting national audience development program designed to attract new audiences to America's not-for-profit theatres. Since the pilot program, which debuted in three cities in 2005, Free Night has expanded across the country and will be presented in over 100 cities by more than 600 theatres in 2008. "As the Free Night program rolls out over an ever expanding national stage, we are thrilled to offer this unique opportunity to provide access to thousands of new audience members to experience the joy of theatre for the first time -- absolutely free of charge!" For further updates and to find which local theatre companies are participa
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Aug 19,2008
Blog-Off Day 2: What Will Tuesday Bring to our Blog-Off Bloggers?
by jenniferd
Tuesday's Blog-Off Challenge sent by The Mercury's Amy Ruiz: This challenge is courtesy of a reader: "I'd like to hear a response plan from each agency on a Nessie-esque beast in the water reservoirs. Assume it is dangerous, eating skinny dippers, dragging dogs underwater, etc." News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information contact, August 19, 2008
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Aug 16,2008
Artists: Are You Ready For Representation?
by art2hart
When artists find out that I am a curator and a visual artist agent, they want me to represent them. An agent is the mouthpiece and marketing tool for a visual artist, who normally spends time making art, not trying to sell it. In fact, trying to sell, or market, is one of the most difficult aspects of the visual arts business. Most visual artists are shy, and just want to do their craft. Going out and finding venues and buyers is time consuming for them and takes them way, way, out of their personal comfort zone. This is where I come in. I find places for artists to show their work. I negotiate with the venue management on the conditions of the show, and make sure the artist is fairly represented. I also design postcards and send out notices of the events. Unfortunately, I can't work with all artists, because they are not ready for me. There are some key factors I look for when I choose to work with an artist. In addition to the quality of their work (a personal esthetic on my pa
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